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Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 2 of 6: In Which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church-Power, Are Considered in Their Connexion With the State of Learning and Philosophy, and the Political History of Europe During That Period They alleged, that, before the coming of Christ, the world was blessed with peace and prosperity; but that, since the progress of his religion every where, the gods, filled with indignation to see their worship negleaed and their altars abandoned, had visited the earth with those plagues and desolations, which increased every day. This feeble objection was en tirely removed by Augustin, in his book (16 Civitate Dci a work exceedingly rich and ample irttupoint of matter, and filled with the most profound a diver sified erudition. It also drew a complete confutation from the learned pen of Orosius, who, in a history written expressly for that purpose, shewed, with the strongest evidence, that not only the same calamities now complained oil but also plagues of a much more dreadful kind, had af icted mankind before the Christian religion appeared in the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."